Dog Facts

Discover fast, interesting fun dog facts, puppies for kids with some amazing, cool and quick information. Ideal for children, homework, schools, teachers and kids of all ages! Learn, memorize and share!

• Dogs were the first animals domesticated by people.

• The scientific name for a domestic dog is Canis lupus familiaris.

• All dogs are descendents of wolves.

• More than 1 in 3 American families own a dog.
  

  Dalmatians are born without any black spots.

• An adult dog has 42 teeth.

• The fastest dog on Earth is the Greyhound.

• The offspring of dogs are called puppies, pups or whelps.

• Puppies are born blind, deaf and toothless.

• When a puppy is one year old it is considered an adult.

• Two dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic.

• The Basenji is the only dog that cannot bark.

• The Chihuahua is the smallest dog breed in the world.

• Dogs have twice as many muscles used for moving as humans.

• Dogs have about 1,700 taste buds. Humans have approximately 9,000.

• Spiked dog collars were invented in ancient Greece and were originally designed to protect dogs throats from wolf attacks.

• Dogs don’t enjoy being hugged as much as humans and other primates.

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